HP (Hewlett-Packard) HP SmartStart Scripting Toolkit Win32 Edition Best Practices Manuale Utente

Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment  6 

The following table describes the directories and paths that you must define for the Windows® PE base 
image build procedure. 

                    

Build location for the Windows® PE tools 

Path to the original Windows® PE files 

Path to the operating system CD or directory 

Target directory where the flat Windows® PE image will be 
created 

Target directory where the Windows optional components will 
be stored 

 

To build a Windows® PE base image: 

Set an environment variable for the platform (x86 or i386): 

set platform = x86 

Copy the Windows® PE Build Tools and files for the appropriate target server platform to a 
temporary directory: 

Create the temporary build directory: 

mkdir WinPEBuildTools 

Copy the files to the temporary build directory: 

xcopy /s /e PathToWinPEFiles\WinPE\*.* WinPEBuildTools 
xcopy /s /e PathToWinPEFiles\Tools\%Platform%\*.* WinPEBuildTools 

Run the mkimg batch file to build the folder structure of Windows® PE image with PnP and WMI 
support enabled: 

cd WinPEBuildTools 
mkimg.cmd PathToOSFiles WinPE_Directory /PnP /WMI 

If needed, build Windows® PE optional components. Optional components include support for 
ADO, HTA, and WSH: 

Build the optional components: 

Buildoptionalcomponents.vbs /s:PathToOSFiles 
/d:OptionalComponentDirectory /ADO /HTA /WSH /X 

Copy the optional component files to the Windows® PE flat image folder: 

xcopy /e OptionalComponentDirectory WinPE_Directory 

Edit startnet.cmd to include the string oc.bat: 

echo oc.bat >> WinPE_Directory\%Platform%\system32\startnet.cmd 

 

Customizing the Windows PE image using the Toolkit driver component 

Windows® PE contains a set of drivers and other files imported from Windows® XP that are critical 
during the boot process of Windows® PE. In addition to the drivers imported from Windows® XP, 
additional WDM compliance drivers can be added to the Windows® PE image during customization. 
Use the Windows® PE tools available from Microsoft® to help you update drivers to the Windows® PE 
image. For more information, refer to the Microsoft® Windows® PE website 
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  IMPORTANT:  HP ProLiant drivers must be added during Windows® PE customization to ensure the 

Toolkit utilities function properly. 

  NOTE:  Tools and data files are not required during the boot process, so they do not need to be stored on 

the Windows® PE CD. These files can reside on a diskette, a USB drive key, or a network share.